Bay of Islands
Monday, November 20, 2023 9:41 pm
Location: Kerikeri (233.2 km)

Today’s mix of road, forest, and park trails brought us to Kerikeri, where we’re stopping for a much-needed day of rest.

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Mangapukahukahu Stream
Sunday, November 19, 2023 9:18 pm
Location: Puketi Campsite (207.2 km)

Today was a long, arduous trek through water and steep hills, before turning into some of the most well-built trail I’ve ever seen. (Followed, of course, by a road walk.)

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Mangamuka River
Saturday, November 18, 2023 9:57 pm
Location: Blackbridge Camp (186.7 km)

Another day, another roadwalk along Te Araroa, this time bringing us into the Puketī Forest.

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Exiting the Raetea Forest
Friday, November 17, 2023 10:14 pm
Location: Makene Road Campsite (163.9 km)

The Raetea Forest is as muddy as it is beautiful. It was unfortunate, then, that it was very beautiful.

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Sculpture
Thursday, November 16, 2023 9:37 pm
Location: Abhay and Jayanti’s Krishna Sanctuary (144.9 km)

Today was another paved and gravel road walk, taking us from Kaitaia to the doorstep of the Raetea Forest, the first of the northern forests we’ll hike through.

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